PILATES

Pilates is a form of exercise that lengthens, stretches and strengthens all the major muscle groups in a balanced fashion. No heavy lifting or working to exhaustion is involved, only concentration and focus to work each exercise through its prescribed placement, rhythm and breathing pattern. The benefits of Pilates include:

• Improved flexibility
• Increased muscle strength and tone, especially in the ‘core’ muscles of the abdominals, lower back, hips and buttocks
• Balanced muscular strength on both sides of the body
• Improved posture and spine stabilisation
• Improved coordination and balance
• Improved concentration and body awareness
• Prevention and safe rehabilitation of joint and spinal injuries

Pilates is suitable for everyone, from beginner to advanced. In particular, Pilates can help people with:

• Chronic neck or back pain
• Poor posture
• Weak abdominal muscles (including during pregnancy and post-pregnancy)

At RAW Fitness, we have two studios for equipment-based Pilates and mat-based Pilates.